The story of an Indian computer programmer
whose luxurious fantasies about life in America
are shaken when he accepts a California job
offer. “Utterly captivating: a delicious satirical, humane, and very enjoyable novel.”
—The Washington Post.

Plume 88 pp. 0-45 - 8651-4 $14.00

“His books accurately portray an India
that hovers between the unchanging
rural and the newly industrial and
that is still filled with individualistic,
often eccentric personalities.”
—The New York Times

Tanaya Shah agrees to an arranged marriage
with a man who is living in Paris. Upon landing, however, she shuns the match, reinventing
herself as a rock-star-cavorting supermodel.
“The culture-clash dilemmas ring heartbreakingly true.”—Entertainment Weekly.
Plume 7 pp. 0-45 - 8746-4 $14.00

Eunice de Souza

ONE hUNDRED AND ONE
FOLktALES FROm iNDiA
Illustrations by Sujata Singh
This collection encompasses the entire range
and diversity of the oral tradition in different
parts of the country.
Penguin India 350 pp. 0-670-04967-0 $14.00

f thE pAiNtER OF SiGNS

New Introduction by Monica Ali

A wry, bittersweet story set in Narayan’s fictional city of Malgudi.

Penguin Classics 160 pp. 0-14-303966-0 $13.00

Louis Fischer

GANDhi
his Life and message for the World
The definitive biography of the leader whose
deep spirituality and devotion to a cause
reshaped a country and enriched the lives of
millions.
Signet 19 pp. 0-451-6 74 - 3 $7.99

mALGUDi DAyS

New Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri
This collection of stories, written over almost
forty years, presents the author’s imaginary
city in full color, revealing the essence of India
and of human experience.
Penguin Classics 7 pp. 0-14-303965- $14.00

“An astonishing, laugh-out-loud, first-person
narrative about a 19-year-old Londoner who
wants desperately to fit in with his Indian
gangsta mates....An exceptional book.”— Library
Journal. “Parodies Bollywood soap opera and
then goes beyond satire with a wild drama of
family, gangsters (corporate and street), fists,
blood, love, and sorrow.”—Booklist.

The Penguin Press 35 pp. 1-594 0-097-1 $ 4.95

thE GUiDE

New Introduction by Michael Gorra
Narayan’s most celebrated novel, which won
him the National Prize of the Indian Literary
Academy, India’s highest literary honor.
Penguin Classics 40 pp. 0-14-303964-4 $14.00
Also in Penguin Classics: The Man-Eater of Malgudi
0-14-018548-8

Dilip Hiro

f BABUR NAmA

A new translation of the classic autobiography
of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Zahir
Uddin Muhammad Babur.

Penguin India 4 4 pp. 0-14-400149-7 $1 .00

Kamala Markandaya
NECtAR iN A SiEVE
Introduction by Indira Ganesan
The story of a simple woman of India and her
struggle to cope with changing times. “The
finest novel by an Indian I have ever read.”
—The New York Times.
Signet Classics 08 pp. 0-451-5 8 3-9 $6.95

William Dalrymple

City OF DJiNNS

A year in Delhi

Peels back the layers of Delhi’s centuries-old
history, revealing an extraordinary array of
characters along the way—from eunuchs to
descendants of great Moguls. “Delightful...
surely one of the funniest books about
India.”—The Times Literary Supplement.
B/w illustrations.

Penguin 35 pp. 0-14- 00100-7 $16.00

Kabir

thE WEAVER’S SONGS

Translated and edited by Vinay Dharwadker
A sparkling new translation of one hundred
poems by one of India’s greatest mystics,
Kabir, which draw for the first time on major
sources in half a dozen literary languages.
They closely mimic the structure, voice and
style of the originals, revealing Kabir’s multiple facets in historical and cultural contexts.
Penguin India 33 pp. 0-14-30 968-1 $7.99

Krishna Mehta

f kAShmiR 1947

A Survivor’s Story

Mehta and her six children flee from raiders
until they are captured. The author’s force of
will and dignity inspire respect, and subsequent protection, from her captors.

Penguin India 176 pp. 0-14-400017- $10.00

WhitE mUGhALS

Love and Betrayal in

Eighteenth-Century india

“The history of the British in India will never
be the same after this book.”—Ahmed Rashid.
Penguin 51 pp. 0-14- 0041 -X $17.00

Sudhir Kakar
ECStASy
“Set in 0th-century India, yet based on the
historical narratives of 19th-century mystics,
this intriguing bildungsroman is a free-floating
excursion into the psychological paradoxes of
the pursuit of nirvana.”—Publishers Weekly.
Overlook 351 pp. 1-585-67458-3 $14.95